All too often the financial news, especially when viewed from an ethical perspective is…
Lech Lecha: A Loving Son
“And Terach’s years were 205 years, and Terach died in Charan. G-d said to Abram,…
Noach: A Penny Saved
“Noach was a righteous man, perfect in his generation” (6:9). It is hard to imagine a greater…
A Corrupt Year
From an ethical perspective this past year has not been a very good one. There has been a seemingly…
Parshat Bereshit - Science and Torah
"In the beginning G-d created the heaven and the earth" (1:1). Light, sky, land, vegetation,…
Devarim: Developing Torah
After forty years of wandering in the desert, the Jewish people were finally ready to enter the…
The Appeal of a Teacher
Issues of church and state—especially in the United States, with its constitutional separation of…
Devarim: Have No Fear
After 40 long and, with important exceptions, mostly uneventful years, the Jewish people stood…
Happy With "His" Lot
Rav Yisroel Salanter, the 19th century ethicist, noted that it takes much more moral strength to be…
Isotopes and Politicals
It takes great moral strength to be a public servant. As guardians of the public purse they must…
Hockey Night in Hamilton
Like most children growing up in Canada, hockey was a beloved part of my childhood. Doing my best…
Behar: Speaking of Sinai
Our Sages equated farming with faith. Only a man of faith could put in months of backbreaking…
Kedoshim: Theory and Practice
One of the cardinal principles of Judaism is the belief in the Divine origin of our Bible. While…
Time to Renegotiate
For weeks the GM and Chrysler have been warning that unless their workers make major wage…
If You Will It
Family feuds, especially around money, can get very nasty. Throw in some religious tension and…
The Future is Now
Tzedakah has become big business. With the amazing amounts of wealth created in the post war period…
Yitro: Nine Commandments
It is customary in most shuls to read the aseret hadibrot in what is known as ta'am elyon, the…
Candid Camera
The proliferation of technology has added new meaning to the Talmudic teachings that “there is a…